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Is Coca-Cola Limca lime lemon drink 750ml ultra-processed?

132 Carbonated soft drinks without fruit juice Sold in the United Kingdom and India

Pack of Coca-Cola Limca lime lemon drink 750ml

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed carbonated drinks

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

carbonated water, sugar, acidity regulators, 330, 331, stabilizers (414‚471), preservative (211), flavours (natural, NATURE-IDENTICAL and ARTIFICIAL (lemon), flavoring substances)

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E414 Acacia gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E414 Acacia gum, E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, ACIDITY REGULATORS (330, 331()), STABILIZERS (414,471), PRESERVATIVE (211), FLAVOURS (NATURAL, NATURE-IDENTICAL & ARTIFICIAL (LEMON) FLAVORING SUBSTANCES).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 carbonated soft drinks without fruit juice

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 93% of the carbonated soft drinks without fruit juice here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 14 carbonated soft drinks without fruit juice, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8901764052279, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.